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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 16 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1952, chapter 498; in 1956, chapters 292 and 568; in 1958, chapter 541; in 1962, chapters 214 and 535; in 1964, chapter 611; in 1966, chapter 654; in 1968, chapter 46; in 1970, chapter 192; in 1972, chapter 609; in 1973, chapter 495; in 1978, chapter 307; in 1988, chapters 76 and 568; in 1989, chapter 727; in 1997, chapter 500<\/a>; in 2013, chapter 777<\/a>; in 2016, chapter 142<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":70960,"section_number":"46.2-303","catch_line":"Licenses not required for operating road roller or farm tractor","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-303\/"},{"id":84100,"section_number":"58.1-2402","catch_line":"(Contingent effective date) Levy","order_by":null,"url":"\/58.1-2402\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":228305,"object_type":"law","relational_id":77171,"identifier":"46.2-674","token":"46.2\/II\/6\/6\/46.2-674","url":"\/46.2-674\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/46.2-674\/","token":"46.2\/II\/6\/6\/46.2-674","dublin_core":{"Title":"Vehicles used by commercial fishermen","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 46.2-674","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

No person shall be required to obtain the registration certificate, license plates<\/span>, or decals<\/span> for or pay a registration fee for any motor vehicle<\/span>, trailer<\/span>, boat trailer<\/span>, or semitrailer<\/span>, or any combination thereof not having a gross vehicle weight exceeding 12,000 pounds used by commercial fishermen, their agents<\/span>, or employees for the purpose of:<\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> Transporting boats or other equipment used in commercial fishing no more than 50 miles between his place of residence or business and the waters within the territorial limits of the Commonwealth or the adjacent marginal seas; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> Any return trip to his place of residence or business; or <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

3.<\/span> Transporting harvested seafood no more than 50 miles between the place where the seafood is first brought ashore and the transporter’s place of business or the location of the seafood’s first point of sale. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nVEHICLES USED BY COMMERCIAL FISHERMEN (\u00a7 46.2-674)\n\nNo person shall be required to obtain the registration certificate, license\nplates, or decals for or pay a registration fee for any motor vehicle, trailer,\nboat trailer, or semitrailer, or any combination thereof not having a gross\nvehicle weight exceeding 12,000 pounds used by commercial fishermen, their\nagents, or employees for the purpose of:\n\n1. Transporting boats or other equipment used in commercial fishing no more than\n50 miles between his place of residence or business and the waters within the\nterritorial limits of the Commonwealth or the adjacent marginal seas;\n\n2. Any return trip to his place of residence or business; or\n\n3. Transporting harvested seafood no more than 50 miles between the place where\nthe seafood is first brought ashore and the transporter’s place of\nbusiness or the location of the seafood’s first point of sale.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 46-45; 1950, p. 693; 1952, c. 498; 1956, cc. 292, 568;\n1958, c. 541, \u00a7 46.1-45; 1962, cc. 214, 535; 1964, c. 611; 1966, c. 654; 1968,\nc. 46; 1970, c. 192; 1972, c. 609; 1973, c. 495; 1978, c. 307; 1988, cc. 76,\n568; 1989, c. 727; 1997, c. 500; 2013, c. 777; 2016, c. 142.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}